The Dillon tribune., 1887-07-29
LITTLE MISS UGLY,

The Orringtons wcro by no means liked
by their set, simply because they looked
down on their set, aud OH every ono else,
holding themselves As Of the noblessc.
And 1t must bc owned that they had
streak of tho blue blood. The patcrnal
great grandfather, Percy Orrington, was
an Englishman, the younger brother of .
noble house, who, to escape the woes of
younger brotherhood, when a young man
Of 20, brought himself and his small
portion to the colony Of Pennsylvania. Ho
obtained ~ grant Of u large tract Of land
In the western part Of the colony. settled
there as u bachelor, and fOrtunatcly'kept
his scalp safc from the Indians. This was
u short time before the colonies rcvoltcd.
He took the popular side, held IL majors
commission, and distinguished himself at
saltwater and elsewhere. Years after
tho war was over, and rather late in life,
no married u Miss Esten, Il young Vir.
ginia gcntlcwoman, who brought him ad-
<litional pride, but little wealth. Percy
never forgot his connection. but
kept up correspondence with his ki,,s-
folk ON the other side Of the Atlantic.
His son did the same. But when the
older branch died out, and the title fell to
tho son, he never claimed ii. Ills uncle,
his fathers elder brother, had Joined in
cutting or the entail, and being spcnd-
thrifts both, when the last Lord Orring-
ton died the family estate had gone. Tho
American heir was wealthy for this side
Of tho ocean, but he had not enough to
support ~ proper state as Il no,lcmal, and
he never claimed his place in the pecragc.
Neither did the grandson. although ho
had added tn his means by wedding tho
wealthy Miss Sackvillc. aud hc died Il
plain American citizen. As for the great
grandson. John Sackvillc Orrington. sud
denly made the head Of the samil; ly tho
'tcatl. Qf both parents, he cared not I, whit
for anything hut enjoying life in his ac-
custOmrl way. lie had enough to majn-
tain hi!:l and his sisters In gtnxl style, and
let them wander about during summer to
Long lsrancl, or Saratoga or tho White
Sulphur, "r where they would. and lc was
quit" content. He was y gtMxl lnkinc
bachelor 1T ~, and though not mar.
1cnlary avcrSc to n,atrinOny, declared ho
woa'\ remain single until after his sisters
had lccA married
II was "'"ut time that Marian Orriuo-
ton was married. il she Hlcan, 10 be mar.
licd 1T all. She was 2j. and though n
recognized beauty and belle. lmkc,l much
older than she was. Certainly she had
classic features. Il wealth ui li.,h, waving
hair. lin" figure. iino iu1an"rs, and :,
style which attracted and occurred al.
miration: but late hours Hml ":,,innnbl.
habits hWl combined TO give her an an.
learanrr "f ::g,. She had ,,,,iiu.:, enough.
ami had refused several nti>":. really be.
cause her lovers were not riv., She had
hui moderate portion # ':"r .,Nn, and
tlid no; n;rud to link he. II ;n any
Scntlrn:n who brought 10 :,,t.",, i.:;n love
in y roi;ayc. \ very pr;.!rn, you!..
woman Wa" Miss Ov:ingtun. go! the one.
she th"H2h, eligible came allow: :, last.
They were ut \ic2ar:. !'Ail;, =, The close
or the season. having: co:r' thor, from
NsT@io@;:. ia'rndin: Ia 20 iranl t;,2.!c, TO
Philaurlphia, wkcrs tho Orri,,S.o, ,nau-
SION Stool. Tho younger :sis'":, Margaret,
mrcly IL. WAS with ,hcl,. T.:, ,hre,.
were standing ono ,la% on Sea: t;,ar,!.
looking: At tho mist ,ha; :,.i. I'm nr:.
lctually from the ioam below. Hiru =,
stranger passed them. lie tu,nu,, and
gazing cu:i"usly for u r.u,ncn;. came fo-.
ward and offered his hand t. Joha Or.
Iingto:.
''Jaci::" and ''Elmore:' were The words
1T recognition that were intcrcE;.ured. and
thea John introduced the stranger as Mr..
BraXton.
Marian knew all about Eln!":c i:v.x;on.
of whom she had heard her h-u;! 10: sneak
as IN old college mate ut Harvard, IN &C.
centric young millionaire, about y year
older than JOEa himself. She was unite
familiar with his history. lie was an
only son. His father had died within a
year, atMl left him number of houses
and farms, with stocks and bonds run
ming well up in the millions, besides Il vast
amount Of mining property, scattered over
the United States. estimated tr ~. worth